The Shilluk People their Language and Folklore. With 8 plates and a sketch map.

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1st edition. 25x19 cm. LXIII with 8 plates, folded map, 312 p. Hardcover. Grey cloth with decoration and title on spine and decoration on front cover. Slighty foxy, lower corner easily bumped. Inside very clean. Small library number-stamp on title page. Very easily browining. Dark blue page edges. Contents: I. Part: Grammar: The sounds; Formation of Words; Genealogical Relations of the Shilluk Language; The Parts of Speech; The Pronoun. II. Part: Folklore: 1. Occupations 2. Social Institutions and Scenes from Daily Life 3. Sickness 4. Political Institutions 5. Historical Tradition 6. War Stories 7. Traditions on Nyikang 8. Prayers and Religious Ceremonies 9. Stories about Sorcerers 10. Creation 11. Animal Stories 12. Adventures between Men and Animals 13. Anecdotes 14. A Hunting Match, and a Journey 15. Songs 16. Riddles. III. Part: Dictionary: Shilluk-English; English-Shilluk. Plates, Map. The Shilluk (Shilluk: Chollo) are a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal. Before the Second Sudanese Civil War the Shilluk also lived in a number of settlements on the northern bank of the Sobat River, close to where the Sobat joins the Nile. The Shilluk are the third largest ethnic group of Southern Sudan, after the Dinka and their neighbours the Nuer. (Source: Wikip.) Sprache: englisch. N° de ref. del artículo 9352AB

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